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* «8> EARLY COUNTY, GA. GARDEN SPOT OF GOD’S COUNTRY ♦ VOLUME LXXXIII 1 NO. 7 Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts—“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead.” Large Number Surgical Dressings Completed Last Week Two thousand, one hundred sixty five surgical dressings were com pleted last week at the Early county Red Cross work room located in the American Legion hall, it was an nounced yesterday. Each dressing w as carefully made according to regulations, and checked and re checked. The same regulations were carefully observed in the tying and packing. Seventy-eight ladies reported for work, a magnificent response, and made a total of 390 hours of work. Mrs. 0. L. Hooten established a record for the work room by making 106 sponges that met U. S. Army re quirements in four hours’ time. It is expected that last week’s record will be doubled next week, and ail workers who failed to make the Victory Roll this week (8 hours minimum requirement per week) can do so this week by putting in their eight hours plus the deficit. All workers are requested to re port early in the week to be sure to make their quota. The regular hours that the work room is open are re ported this week in the paper. .La dies in the county will be welcome to the work room and it is urged that they form community groups to conserve gasoline and tires. The surgical dressings program is one of the most necessary phases of war work and no one can afford to fail her duty here. Surgical dressings work room hours (American Legion hall) are: Tuesdays: 3 p. m. to 7 p. m.; 8:30 p. m. to 11:00 p. m. Wednesdays: 3 p. m. to 7 p. m. Thursdays: 3 p. m. to 7 p. m. Fridays: 9 a. m. to 1 p. m.; 3 p. m. to 7 p m. “The Lady Is Willing,” featuring Marlene Dietrich and Fred MacMur ray, at the Blakely Theatre Monday and Tuesday. Announcing ’ (/ 's' J. T. JORDAN cz. New y Manager at WEAVER’S FOOD MARKET FIVE SPECIALS FOR NEW MANAGER’S INTRODUCTION: OYSTERS, 10 1-2 oz. Alligator brand, can IS© PINK SALMON, No. 1 tall can . . . 23C TOMATOES, No. 2 can, New Pack . . . IOC CORN, No. 2 can, Royal Gem Brand . 10© FRUIT COCKTAIL, Deimonte, 17 oz. can &®C Free delivery service for service—Excellent purchases 50c or Mark- over. Two telephones for your et Department. New prompt-courteous-efficient service always. WEAVER’S FOOD MARKET A division of T. K. Weaver & Co. C. E. BOYETT, Owner Blakely, Ga. €mtg Conntg BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1942. In New Role id mSk fck I iOx;!;:; m * m : M | \r | ir > m 1 TF _______ * w Pictured above is Capt. Herbert W. Underwood, 55-year-old expert on naval experience and techniques, who has been appointed to head the women’s naval auxiliary school, '‘Waves.” The school will be opened at Smith college, Northampton, Mass. : 16 EARLY COUNTY NEGROES INDUCTED INTO ARMY SERVICE Sixteen additional Early county Negroes left here Tuesday to be in ducted into military service. Fifteen of these left by bus,for the induc tion center and the sixteenth, Elza Pitman, arrived too late for the bus and was allowed to report the fol lowing day. The following are the names of those who reported: Clayton Wester Flowers, Jesse Tober Kegler, Wilrner Mosely, Fred Hollin, Rufus Lee, Washington Housley, R. E. Gray, Bud Jackson, J. C. Bell Louis An derson, Alton Love, Sherman Wil liams, James Pearson, J. B. Little joy, Elton Bryant. Buy War Bonds and Stamps reg ularly. Flag Presentation Service at Baptist Church Sunday Night A large audience was in attend ance at the 'Blakely Baptist church last Sunday night to witness the impressive program, when a service flag with 31 stars, the national flag and the Christian flag were present ed to the church. The program was opened with a number of patriotic airs by Mr. Vir gil O. Oswald. This was followed by the singing of the National An them by the audience and a prayer by the Rev. W. F. Burford. Presentation of the flags follow ed, the National Flag and the Christian Flag, a gift of the Young Men’s Bible Class, by Mr. Charlie Dunning, and the Service Flag, a gift of the Dorcas Class, by Mrs. H. C. Fryer, class teacher. The Serv ice Flag was unveiled by Hal Beck ham and Robert Collier, members of the local Boy Scout troop. The flags were accepted on behalf of the church by the pastor, the Rev. Spencer B. King. Dressier, with Billie Reid as ac companist, both of Turner Field, Albany, added to the impressive ness of the evening’s program. The sermon was by Lieutenant W. M. Marshall, Post Chaplain at Tur ner Field, who delivered an excellent talk on the text, “What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own life; or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” The minister’s sermon was both timely and eloquent. The evening’s service closed with the singing of “America” and the benediction by Lieutenant Marshall. The thirty-one stars in the service flag represented the following mem bers of the church who are enrolled in the armed forces of the country: Capt. W. H. Alexander, Norman Al exander, Joe Bridges, Edgar Brun son, Lieut. James M. Bryant, Jr., Henry Buchannon, W. A. Buchan non, Bob Bush, H. Alex Carswell, Paul Craft, H. D. Donalson, Herman L. Eubanks, W. W. Grimsley, En sign J3. Edger Kelly, Jr., Ensign Wil liam H. Kelly, 'Levi J. George, Jr., Ottis E. Hall, Lawrence Hartsfield, Ralph M. Hobbs, Capt. Ned Holland, Leonard Houston, Bill Hudspeth, 01 lin Hudspeth, Jr., O. M. Monroe, Lawrence Rambo, John Scarborough. Carl L. Spence, Philip Spence, Lieut. LeRoy Thompson, Jr., Homer Trippe, George Warrick. Alex T. Eubanks Dies After Long Illness at Home Near Bluffton Alex Thomas Eubanks, 70, died Sunday night at 11 o’clock at his home near Bluffton, after an illness of several months. Funeral services were held Tues day morning at 11 o’clock at the Salem church, near Edison, with the Revs. Charles Allen of Arlington and W. I. Kelley and W. S. Johnson of Edison officiating. Interment was in Salem cemetery, with the Minter, Fellows & Forrester Funeral Home in charge of arrangements and Mar cine Eubanks, Edmas Duke, Cecil Jones, W. T. Eubanks, Bill Eubanks and Ollie Eubanks, all grandsons of the deceased, serving as pall-bear ers. Mr. Eubanks was a native of Cal houn county, where he was born on August 29, 1872. He had resided near Bluffton for 22 years and had many friends who learned with re gret of his death. He was a member of the Colomokee Baptist church. iSurvivors include six children, Mrs. S. W. Todd and Mrs. J. H. Jones of Edson, Mrs Joe Pate, Mrs. J. R. Tanton, Mrs. E. M. Duke and A. J. Eubanks of Bluffton; one sister, Mrs. John Sinquefield of Edison; three brothers, Charlie Eubanks of Cuth bert, J. S. Eubanks of Coleman, and Henry Eubanks of Bluffton; twenty three grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. The special program of the Bap tist W. M. S. for Monday afternoon consists of a playlet on “State Mis sions.” All the women of the con gregation are invited. Report of Local Rationing Board On Tires and Tubes The Local Rationing Board reports that certificates were issued for the purchase of tires, tubes and retread tires during the period September 1st through 19th to the following: R. C. Singletary: 1 truck retread. A. D. Ivey: 1 passenger car re tread. iS. B. Blackshear: 2 school bus re treads. W. A. Fuqua: 1 truck retread. H. C. Cole: 5 truck retreads. W. F. Burford: 1 passenger car retread. W. A. Stuart: 2 truck retreads. E. A. Marshall: 1 truck retread. Ralph Hutchins: 2 truck retreads. C. L. Cook: 1 truck tire, 1 tube. A. C. Tolar: 2 school bus retreads. E. A. Cannon: 1 trailer tire. Hollis Sawyer: 1 truck tire, 1 tube. Pete Barrentine: 1 truck tire, 2 re treads. S. G. Maddox: 2 truck retreads. B. D. Harvey: 3 truck tires, 3 tubes. S. L. Belle-Isle: 2 passenger car tires (S. G.) J. W, Oldham: 1 truck tire, 1 tube. Richard Kenney: 1 passenger car tire. Dr. J. L. 1 car tii'e. 'C. S. Chandler: 2 trailer tires. B. D. Toole: 1 truck tire. 1 tube. vMrs. Irma Sammons: 1 school bus tire, 1 tube. Herman Smith: 1 trailer tire, 1 tube. Shelly Simmons: 1 trailer tube. C. W. Jackson: 1 truck tire. W. H. Haddock: 2 trailer tires. Ledger White: 1 truck tube. H. C. Haddock: 4 trailer tires. H. T. Billings: 2 school bus tires. H. C. Haddock: 2 trailer tires. W. L. Mosely: 2 passenger car re treads. C. E. Thomas: 2 school bhs re treads. J. E. Allen: 1 truck tire. J. D. Cook: 1 school bus tire, 1 tube. Miss Ted Phelps: 2 passenger car retreads. truck Superior Oil Go.: 1 oil tire, 1 tube. truck Oldham Lumber Co: 1 re tr ead. tube. J. W. Bonner: 1 truck tii'e, 1 Oldham Lumber Co.: 1 truck tire, 1 tube. truck R. C. Singletary, Jr. & Sr.: 1 tire, 1 tube. €. W. Bridges: 2 trailer tires. A. H. Gray: 1 tractor tire, 1 tube. Arthur White: 2 truck tires. Twelve Delegates Named to State Democratic Meet E. S. Collins, chairman of the Early county Democratic executive committee, announced this week the appointment of the Early county delegation to attend the state Demo cratic convention to be held in Ma con on October 7th. 'Governor - nominee Ellis Arnall, who received the majority vote in Early county in the recent primary, has requested that additional gates be named to attend the conven tion, and to the delegation of four originally named, eight others have been added. The body will cast its vote as a unit at the convention. The official delegation as an nounced by chairman Collins com prises the following, selected from among the supporters of Mr. Arnall in this county: Philip Sheffield, A. H. Gray, Earl Pjckle, Frank L. Wil liams, R. E. Mills, W. A. Hall, Sr., S. G. Maddox and C. I. Houston, all of Blakely; H. C. Haddock of Da mascus; B. D. Harvey, of Jakin; W. B. Bostwick, of Arlington; and E. A. Reed, of Cedar Springs. OLD AGE PENSION APPLICANTS SWAMP STATE OFFICERS Atlanta, Ga.—Max McRae, assist ant director of the State Welfare Department, said Monday that since Governor Eugene Talmadge’s recent order for expansion of the old age pension rolls many ineligible persons have been swamping county offices with applications. He added that this is hampering the certification of those who are eligible for assistance and who have applications pending. Unless a person is 65 or older and unless his needs are are greater than his income, he is not eligible, McRae emphasized. $1.50 A YEAR Middle East Chiefs » W';7?7iTvAv i £ - m § mm & '' ' fi Rf|> J - m M & Li ' I 11 Gen. Sir H. R. L. G. Alexander, new commander who replaced Gen eral Auchinleck as chief of Allied forces In the Middle East, is shown (left) with Lieut. Gen. B. L. Mont gomery, general officer command ing the Eighth army, shortly after their appointment had been an nounced in Cairo. '* J. T. JORDAN NOW MANAGER WEAVER’S FOOD MARKET The many friends of J. T. Jordan will be pleased to learn that he is now manager of Weaver’s Food Mar ket, a division of T. K. Weaver & Company, it was announced by Charles E. Boyett, owner of the institution. Mr. Jordan is well known in Blake ly and throughout this section of Southwest Georgia, having made his home in Early county and in Blake ly for many years. He was at one time affiliated with the Blakely Wholesale Company, operating one of their retail stores, and later en tered . , the furniture business, . apd theft the insurance field. Weaver’s Food Market has enjoy ed the patronage of Blakely and Early county patrons for a number of years and, according to Mr. Boy ett, every possible feature for bet ter service to the customer is pro vided in this store. Adequate mar ket department, with modern refrig erating equipment, sausage mills, slicers, etc., make the market de partment of Weaver’s Food Market one of the most modern and up-to date in Southwest Georgia. “We will strive at all times to render the most efficient and prompt delivery service,” said Mr. Jordan, “and I cordially invite every person in Early and adjoining counties to visit me in my new location.” D. A. R. TO MEET AT CITY HALL THURSDAY It is announced that the first meeting of the Peter Early D. A. R. will be held this (Thursday) afternoon at 4:30 o’clock at city hall. A full attendance of the membership is urged. ? May We Help? I <ir 4 ♦ ♦ ! We standi ready to assist you in any ! way we can in regard to your bank ♦ : ing problems. Call on us for any ♦ ; advice which we may be able to offer during the busy season which we are now entering. FIRST STATE BANK ♦ BLAKELY, GEORGIA l Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Maximum Insurance of $5,000.00 for each depositor K>*mmo+ 4o> m » PULL FOR BLAKELY —OR— PULL OUT ♦> Positions Available With FBI as Typists, Clerks, Stenographers F. R. Hammack, Special Agent in charge of the Atlanta Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investiga tion, has announced that there aro positions available to acceptable ap plicants for the positions of stenog rapher, typist and clerk with the FBI. The important work being carried on at this time by the. Federal Bureau of Investigation in connec tion with the national defense has necessitated atn increase in person nel and, accordingly, new positions have been created. These positions are not under Civil Service regula tions and examinations and inter views for them are held at regular intervals in the Atlanta office as well as in the other offices of the FBI throughout the country. The quali fications for these positions are as follows: Applicant must have attained the age of 18 years and male applicants must be capable of performing arduous physical exertion. They must have uncorrected vision of not less than 20-40 (iSnellen) in one eye and at least 20-50 (Snellen) in the weaker eye without glasses, and at least 20-20 (Snellen) in each eye corrected. No male applicant can be considered who has been found to be color blind. Female applicants must be capable of performing mod erate physical exertion. Visual acuity must be good and corrected to nor mal if glasses are worn. All appli cants for these positions must be cit izens of the United States and grad uates of high schools. Stenographic applicants must be able to successfully pass a dictation test given at the rate of 120 words per minute and a typing test at the rate of 45 words per minute. Typist applicants must be able to pass a typing test at the rate of 45 words per minute. Applicants for the po sition of Clerk must possess all the basic qualifications for assignment to indexing, filing or other clerical duties. It is not essential that such applicants must be typists. Appli cants must be willing to accept as signment to any one of three shifts— from 7:30 a> m- to 3:i30 p . from 3:30 p. m. to 11:30 p. m., or from 11:30 p. m. to 7:30 a. m., six days per week. The entrance salaries for the va rious positions mentioned are: , Stenographer: $1620 per annum. Typist, $1440 per annum. Clerk, $1440 per annum. The Bureau is also accepting ap plications for the position of Special Agent. Applicants for this position must be male citizens of the United States and wiling to serve in any part of the United States or its ter ritorial possessions. They must be graduates f r o m accredited law schools or graduates from accredited accounting schools who have had at least 3 years’ practical accounting or auditing experience, or they must possess a college degree and a fluent knowledge of some foreign language, or be college graduates with ex tensive investigative experience. reach- In addition, applicants must have ed their 23rd but not their 36th birthday on the date that the appli cation is filed and be capable of per forming strenuous physical exertion. I They must be at least five feet, 7 inches in height and have uncorrect ed vision of not less than 20-40 (Snellen) in one eye and at least 20-60 (Snellen) in the weaker eye without glasses, and at least 20-20 (Snellen) in each eye corrected. No. applicant can be considered who has (Continued on back page)